Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rome*

#1,545 most common boys' name of all time · #3,753 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1882–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,545
Rank overall
#3,753 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
6,075
Since 2016
3,975
Peak year
2025 #452
Best rank
#451 2024
Girls Boys peak 760/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Rome first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 66 694 760 #452
2024 63 695 758 #451
2023 61 574 635 #516
2022 39 421 460 #654
2021 37 315 352 #783
2020 31 222 253 #969
2019 32 209 241 #1,000
2018 24 179 203 #1,095
2017 25 130 155 #1,365
2016 16 142 158 #1,280
2015 20 122 142 #1,409
2014 15 125 140 #1,363
2013 11 108 119 #1,501
2012 10 90 100 #1,688
2011 10 109 119 #1,484
2010 9 71 80 #1,960
2009 7 82 89 #1,810
2008 7 77 84 #1,877
2007 7 78 85 #1,850
2006 8 60 68 #2,153
2005 — 59 59 #2,084
2004 — 47 47 #2,379
2003 — 24 24 #3,631
2002 — 31 31 #2,947
2001 — 30 30 #2,995
2000 — 20 20 #3,930
1999 — 22 22 #3,486
1998 — 24 24 #3,204
1997 — 19 19 #3,611
1996 — 9 9 #6,007
1995 — 12 12 #4,814
1994 — 9 9 #5,892
1992 — 7 7 #6,699
1991 — 16 16 #3,649
1990 — 6 6 #7,232
1989 — 5 5 #7,952
1988 — 8 8 #5,238
1987 — 8 8 #5,002
1986 — 15 15 #3,147
1985 — 7 7 #5,189
1984 — 12 12 #3,483
1983 — 15 15 #2,930
1982 — 5 5 #6,441
1981 — 7 7 #5,000
1980 — 5 5 #6,316
1979 — 6 6 #5,393
1978 — 11 11 #3,420
1977 — 7 7 #4,621
1976 — 12 12 #3,114
1975 — 16 16 #2,559
1974 — 12 12 #2,968
1973 — 8 8 #3,733
1972 — 11 11 #3,007
1971 5 18 23 #2,216
1970 — 24 24 #1,811
1969 — 24 24 #1,693
1968 — 9 9 #2,931
1967 — 6 6 #3,609
1966 — 9 9 #2,813
1965 — 6 6 #3,571
1964 — 13 13 #2,329
1963 — 7 7 #3,360
1961 — 11 11 #2,569
1960 — 12 12 #2,446
1959 — 9 9 #2,856
1958 — 11 11 #2,523
1956 — 11 11 #2,519
1955 — 15 15 #2,074
1954 — 8 8 #2,979
1953 — 6 6 #3,475
1952 — 14 14 #2,088
1951 — 15 15 #1,991
1950 — 9 9 #2,615
1949 — 6 6 #3,340
1948 — 8 8 #2,820
1947 — 9 9 #2,706
1945 — 5 5 #3,395
1944 — 8 8 #2,676
1943 — 8 8 #2,774
1939 — 5 5 #3,541
1938 — 6 6 #3,220
1935 — 8 8 #2,760
1933 — 11 11 #2,244
1932 — 6 6 #3,405
1931 — 7 7 #3,125
1929 — 10 10 #2,615
1928 — 12 12 #2,415
1926 — 13 13 #2,335
1925 — 12 12 #2,459
1924 — 13 13 #2,373
1923 — 9 9 #2,973
1922 — 16 16 #2,067
1921 — 16 16 #2,085
1920 — 11 11 #2,622
1919 — 7 7 #3,430
1918 — 9 9 #2,907
1917 — 7 7 #3,243
1916 — 16 16 #1,875
1915 — 7 7 #3,115
1914 — 6 6 #2,955
1912 — 6 6 #2,313
1908 — 5 5 #1,446
1902 — 5 5 #1,218
1900 — 5 5 #1,384
1893 — 9 9 #755
1892 — 5 5 #1,164
1888 — 10 10 #699
1887 — 5 5 #1,013
1885 — 9 9 #695
1884 — 5 5 #1,053
1883 — 5 5 #971
1882 — 7 7 #833